William K.L. Dickson Filmes

Short shot of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with gondoliers

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam

A London fire brigade springs into action.

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

Windmills along the River Zaan.

In April the bloemencorso (flower parade) takes place in Haarlem in the Netherlands. This shot shows groups of carriages, festooned with flowers...

Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload,...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.

Thomas Edison's machinist, Fred Ott, holds a bird in his hand.

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start...

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

A "gigantic demonstration of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Association" on 10/31/1896, opposing "Free Silver" Democrats in the...

"A well-known oriental dancer in a dance du ventre to the music of a Turkish band."

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was...

Queen Wilhelmina arrives to the palace during her coronation.

The pope resting.